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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Paul Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Jacqueline Anne Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;
Paul Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Jacqueline Anne Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A method of sending a message using a print medium is disclosed. Coded data on a surface of the business card is sensed by a sensor module in a media feed path of a communications device. The coded data encodes an identifier which uniquely identifies the surface. The identifier is determined from sensed coded data, and a representation of the business card is retrieved using the identifier. The representation of the business card is displayed on display of the communications device, with the representation including fields, with one of the fields being a messaging field. Upon receiving a selection of the messaging field, a communications address is retrieved from a database where the communications address is indexed by the identifier. A message editor is opened in the communications device, with a current message being addressed to the communications address.